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Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: And with such fictions we are willing to ruin a human life! And with such fictions we are willing to ruin a human life!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God! The darker the night, the brighter the stars,
The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I do not rebel against my God, I simply do not accept his world. I do not rebel against my God, I simply do not accept his world.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: But how could you live and have no story to tell? But how could you live and have no story to tell?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Low ceilings and tiny rooms cramp the soul and the mind. Low ceilings and tiny rooms cramp the soul and the mind.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have noticed it in yourself. Avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have noticed it in yourself.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself. Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Because you're lukewarm, not hot or cold, you'll spill out of my mouth like vomit. Because you're lukewarm, not hot or cold, you'll spill out of my mouth like vomit.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: What does a decent chap talk about with the greatest possible pleasure?Answer: about himself. What does a decent chap talk about with the greatest possible pleasure?
Answer: about himself.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: After his brother. He suddenly noticed that Ivan swayed After his brother. He suddenly noticed that Ivan swayed
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I understand only too well why Russians with means have all made tracks abroad ... If the ship is about to sink, the rats are the first to desert it. I understand only too well why Russians with means have all made tracks abroad ... If the ship is about to sink, the rats are the first to desert it.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth. Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Reality alone justifies everything. Reality alone justifies everything.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Life is, and death is not at all Life is, and death is not at all
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Sometimes she put that question to her husband, and, as usual, she asked it hysterically, threateningly, expecting an immediate reply. Sometimes she put that question to her husband, and, as usual, she asked it hysterically, threateningly, expecting an immediate reply.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: In any case, you must remember, my dearest, that the main strength of innocence is innocence itself. farewell. In any case, you must remember, my dearest, that the main strength of innocence is innocence itself. farewell.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Let us become servants in order to be leaders. Let us become servants in order to be leaders.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I grieve for my little son, father, for my little son. I grieve for my little son, father, for my little son.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship. So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: And it was not that he seemed to have forgotten or intentionally forgiven the affront, but simply that he did not regard it as an affront And it was not that he seemed to have forgotten or intentionally forgiven the affront, but simply that he did not regard it as an affront
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: In place of dialectics, life had arrived. In place of dialectics, life had arrived.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Now, I know myself, I am annoyed, I shall loose my temper and begin to quarrel, and demean myself and my ideas. Now, I know myself, I am annoyed, I shall loose my temper and begin to quarrel, and demean myself and my ideas.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Do you know, my dear Sir, the position of a man who has nowhere to go, and yet has to go somewhere? Do you know, my dear Sir, the position of a man who has nowhere to go, and yet has to go somewhere?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: If Stavrogin believes, he does not believe that he believes. And if he does not believe, he does not believe that he does not believe. If Stavrogin believes, he does not believe that he believes. And if he does not believe, he does not believe that he does not believe.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilt for another's sin. There is no isolated sin. In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilt for another's sin. There is no isolated sin.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: If we're to come to love a man, the man himself should stay hidden, because as soon as he shows his facelove vanishes. If we're to come to love a man, the man himself should stay hidden, because as soon as he shows his face
love vanishes.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: And though I suffer for you, yet it eases my heart to suffer for you. And though I suffer for you, yet it eases my heart to suffer for you.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: He could not pass by children without his soul being shaken: such is the man. He could not pass by children without his soul being shaken: such is the man.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The whole question here is: am I a monster, or a victim myself? The whole question here is: am I a monster, or a victim myself?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: What's more certain than anything is that your pity is even stronger than my love! What's more certain than anything is that your pity is even stronger than my love!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: One can't hold one's tongue when one has a feeling, a tangible feeling One can't hold one's tongue when one has a feeling, a tangible feeling
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: You will behold great sorrow, and in this sorrow be happy. You will behold great sorrow, and in this sorrow be happy.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: People talk to you a great deal about your education, but some good, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education. People talk to you a great deal about your education, but some good, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Actually on the point of tears, though I knew perfectly well at that moment that all this was out of Pushkin's Silvio and Lermontov's Masquerade. Actually on the point of tears, though I knew perfectly well at that moment that all this was out of Pushkin's Silvio and Lermontov's Masquerade.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love. I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering ... Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Made one feel one was confronting a man who never doubted of himself. He Made one feel one was confronting a man who never doubted of himself. He
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid - and I know they are - yet I won't be wiser? You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid - and I know they are - yet I won't be wiser?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped. I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: You have to be all too basely in love with yourself to write about yourself without shame. You have to be all too basely in love with yourself to write about yourself without shame.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: If God thought it necessary to offer rewards for love, your God must be immoral. If God thought it necessary to offer rewards for love, your God must be immoral.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The prince took off his tin cross, Parfyon his gold one, and they exchanged them. The prince took off his tin cross, Parfyon his gold one, and they exchanged them.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt. It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: A special buffet would be opened at the end of a suite of rooms, and Prokhorych (the head chef at the club) would be in charge A special buffet would be opened at the end of a suite of rooms, and Prokhorych (the head chef at the club) would be in charge
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: the punishment inflicted for these peccadilloes. the punishment inflicted for these peccadilloes.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely. Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The world stands on absurdities, and without them perhaps nothing at all would happen. The world stands on absurdities, and without them perhaps nothing at all would happen.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The servants used to say, 'he read himself silly, The servants used to say, 'he read himself silly,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The formula 'two and two make five' is not without its attractions. The formula 'two and two make five' is not without its attractions.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case. Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Is it not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer? Is it not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Where's the bit about Lazarus? he asked. Where's the bit about Lazarus? he asked.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds? What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Listen, Kolya, by the way, you are going to be a very unhappy man in your life ... But on the whole you will bless life all the same. Listen, Kolya, by the way, you are going to be a very unhappy man in your life ... But on the whole you will bless life all the same.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: People are more persuaded than ever that they have perfect freedom, yet they have brought their freedom to us and laid it humbly at our feet. People are more persuaded than ever that they have perfect freedom, yet they have brought their freedom to us and laid it humbly at our feet.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Heavy burdens are not for everyone, for some they are impossible ... These are my thoughts, if you need them so much. Heavy burdens are not for everyone, for some they are impossible ... These are my thoughts, if you need them so much.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Let me be accursed. Let me be vile and base, only let me kiss the hem of the veil in which my God is shrouded. Let me be accursed. Let me be vile and base, only let me kiss the hem of the veil in which my God is shrouded.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: In order to judge a man, one must first observe him more closely. In order to judge a man, one must first observe him more closely.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Reason is passion's slave, is it not? Reason is passion's slave, is it not?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I cannot understand why the world is arranged as it is. I cannot understand why the world is arranged as it is.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Father,' he asked, 'are rich people stronger than anyone else on earth?' 'Yes Ilusha,' I said, 'there are no people on earth stronger than the rich. Father,' he asked, 'are rich people stronger than anyone else on earth?' 'Yes Ilusha,' I said, 'there are no people on earth stronger than the rich.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness. And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn? Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I am too young and I've loved you too much. I am too young and I've loved you too much.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Money is a kind of freedom that can be felt and heard; it is an inestimable treasure for a man entirely deprived of true liberty. Money is a kind of freedom that can be felt and heard; it is an inestimable treasure for a man entirely deprived of true liberty.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea. Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: For even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it still follow the Christian ideal. For even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it still follow the Christian ideal.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Indeed, precious memories may remain even of a bad home, if only the heart knows how to find what is precious. Indeed, precious memories may remain even of a bad home, if only the heart knows how to find what is precious.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I don't need you to tell me I'm not well, though I don't really know what's wrong with me; I think I'm five times healthier than you are. I don't need you to tell me I'm not well, though I don't really know what's wrong with me; I think I'm five times healthier than you are.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Paper, they say, does not blush, but I assure you that it's not true and that it's blushing now just as I am blushing all over. Paper, they say, does not blush, but I assure you that it's not true and that it's blushing now just as I am blushing all over.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: And in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime And in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: He could do nothing but twist his moustache, drink, and chatter the most inept nonsense that can possibly be imagined. He could do nothing but twist his moustache, drink, and chatter the most inept nonsense that can possibly be imagined.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Man is bound to lie about himself Man is bound to lie about himself
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Life had stepped into the place of theory and something quite different would work itself out in his mind. Life had stepped into the place of theory and something quite different would work itself out in his mind.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that he is in love. The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that he is in love.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Who fears the wolf should never enter the forest. What? Who fears the wolf should never enter the forest. What?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: The greater the power, the more terrible its responsibility. The greater the power, the more terrible its responsibility.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently. It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances. he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: For the idea was by no means so stupid as it seems nowthat it has failed ... (Everything seems stupid when it fails.) For the idea was by no means so stupid as it seems now
that it has failed ... (Everything seems stupid when it fails.)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: He had a distant sense that all this optimism was also morbid He had a distant sense that all this optimism was also morbid
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: It was more difficult not tounderstand than to understand. It was more difficult not to
understand than to understand.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: ( ... )man holds the remedy in his own hands, and lets everything go its own way, simply through cowardice- that is an axiom. ( ... )man holds the remedy in his own hands, and lets everything go its own way, simply through cowardice- that is an axiom.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: For the whole world to vanish into thin air, or for me not to drink my tea? I say, let the world perish if I can always drink my tea. For the whole world to vanish into thin air, or for me not to drink my tea? I say, let the world perish if I can always drink my tea.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: You ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache. You ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own. Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I believed, I believe, I want to believe, and I will believe I believed, I believe, I want to believe, and I will believe
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I was a coward and a slave. I say this without the slightest embarrassment. Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. I was a coward and a slave. I say this without the slightest embarrassment. Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: Pass on by us and forgive us our happiness Pass on by us and forgive us our happiness
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: How good life is when one does something good and just! How good life is when one does something good and just!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: And you and I had better go work on the land. I want to scrape the earth with my hands. And you and I had better go work on the land. I want to scrape the earth with my hands.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: In a word, many flattering things were said of them. But there was some criticism. People spoke with horror of the number of books they had read. In a word, many flattering things were said of them. But there was some criticism. People spoke with horror of the number of books they had read.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position. In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: FYODOR MIKHAYLOVICH DOSTOYEVSKY was born in Moscow in 1821, the second of a physician's seven children. When FYODOR MIKHAYLOVICH DOSTOYEVSKY was born in Moscow in 1821, the second of a physician's seven children. When
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I just said it for the beauty of the style. I just said it for the beauty of the style.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: very acutely conscious very acutely conscious
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: I looked at her for three seconds, or five perhaps, with fearful hatred-that hate which is only a hair's-breath from love, from the maddest love! I looked at her for three seconds, or five perhaps, with fearful hatred-that hate which is only a hair's-breath from love, from the maddest love!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: When God will chastise a man, He first of all deprives him of his reason ... When God will chastise a man, He first of all deprives him of his reason ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: You don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will You don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will
Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes: But, gentlemen, whoever can pride himself on his diseases and even swagger over them? But, gentlemen, whoever can pride himself on his diseases and even swagger over them?

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